Adhu pona maasam…

In a rare leak to the media that is bound to kick up intense scrutiny, reliable sources quote that Badri Narayanan will soon be joining the Kinect team to pose as a model for many of Kinect’s demo games.

An internal fact finding committee organized by Team OPN made this recommendation to Microsoft’s team after it was found Badri had long detached himself from reality and now lives in a virtual world of his own, a la John Nash of Augmented Virtual Reality aka Beautiful Mind fame.

“I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later”, commented Deva, trying to bring a forlorn expression on his face by staring into the infinite space, but ended up looking like he was suffering from unspeakable pain in unmentionable body parts. “Ever since that boy’s approach was spurned by his lady interest, it has left a bad scar on his psyche”, he continued while onlookers looked away in boredom,instantly making them offlookers.When questioned about this slight inclination towards becoming a virtual character himself, Deva confidently stated he was still in touch with reality. “Infact I spend most of my time looking at Facebook profiles of attractive females, like most of you guys out here do”, he responded, oblivious to the fact that he shared this trait with Badri who now becomes the first virtual character to have a Facebook account. He quickly sent an email containing a link to a random hot chick’s profile to the OPN team to prove his point.

“This girl once proposed to me”, came Balaji’s flash response to the email, providing instant comic relief.

Badri laughing randomly at the Mickey Mouse bust on a boat, in this undated file photograph.

Identifying himself with various characters from diverse Tamil movies has been Badri’s USP, calling himself even an Agori at one point, which soon caught Microsoft’s attention. “Badri is a kind of guy who straddles between virtual reality and  the real world easily. He has the ability to grow into various roles that add value proposition to our diverse business models, especially one that fits perfectly into the Indian cultural paradigm”, commented an anonymous MS business manager, sounding eerily like Deva. “Be it the character of an agori, American maapillai, Ganesh, he fits the bill to a T”, he continued. One offlooker, who had been busy gazing at the sky, immediately extended to him a bill for a tea, leaving him flabbergasted. “En vaazhkailaye idhaan first time….“, he concluded on a rather resigned note.

The news drew mixed reactions from the general bublics. “Indha payanukullayum ennamo irundhuruku paaren”, remarked a fellow well wisher, who flicked a dialog from 7G Rainbow colony to suit the mood.

“Machi, aen machi Jaanu ennoda birthday’ku wish pannala?”, was all the response Badri had for this column, establishing the fact once and for all that Microsoft got their decision right in choosing him as a Kinect model.

We wish him good luck.